Henri Sarolea
Henri Sarolea ( born January 18, 1844 in Maastricht, † September 12, 1900 in Heerlen ) was a Dutch railway engineer and also co-founder of Heerlen Oranje Nassau mining company.
Vita
After a few years in the colonial service in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) Sarolea drew for his last years to Heerlen. Heerlen was then still a rural village embossed. Rail connections to nearby larger cities like Maastricht, Sittard, Aachen or even to Liege at this time lacked. Drive train could be from the best case from Simpelveld ( line Aachen- Maastricht). Sarolea was 42 years old when he used 1886 plans for a rail link between Herzogenrath, Heerlen and Sittard the plant. However, the Dutch government still hesitated with the construction of a railway in the farthest corner of the country from a national perspective. But after much wrangling succeeded Sarolea finally enforce. On January 1, 1896, the railway line was opened solemnly and was opened to traffic.
The construction of the railway went to an important step towards the industrialization of the region and the boom of mining because now significantly more efficient transportation for the coal sales. Only in this way is to understand the strong growth of mines in Heerlen and surrounding area that began in the sequence.
The problem of carbon transport concerned Sarolea personally, he had founded the German brothers Carl Honigmann and Friedrich Honigmann few years earlier in Heerlen, the mining company Oranje -Nassau, the first mine Oranje -Nassau I soon after opening of the railway to promote anthracite recorded, which served as a house of fire and steam coal.
Sarolea could only briefly enjoy the success of his last performances. He died on 12 September 1900 in Heerlen due to a long-standing heart condition in a heartbeat. He was 56 years old.
Trivia
In Heerlen one of the main shopping streets is named after Henri Sarolea. The Saroleastraat (or Sarool as they say in Heerlen ) leads from the main railway station in the inner-city business center of Heerlen.